Posted in News on July 9, 2019 at 6:00 am
Enjoy poetry at our 5th annual Poetry Picnic from four Pacific Northwest poets: Thom Caraway, Brooke Matson, Tiffany Midge, and Emma Noyes. All ages may attend, but please note that some poems will contain adult themes. Bring your picnic blanket or folding chair and revel in this wonderful listening experience. We’re serving gelato from Ferrante […]
Tags: adults, Brooke Matson, Emma Noyes, friends of the library, gelato, Inland Northwest, live, poems, poetry, poetry picnic, poets, reading, Scablands Books, Thom Caraway, Tiffany Midge
Posted in News on March 5, 2019 at 6:00 am
BY DANA MANNINO Feeling blah? Consider attending a poetry competition—or three. The 2nd Annual Valley Slam takes place on Wednesday, March 20, at 6:30pm in the University High School Auditorium (12420 E 32nd Ave, Spokane Valley), where students from Central Valley, Mica Peak, and University High Schools compete for cash prizes provided by the Fri […]
Tags: challenge, community, contest, engagement, Grand Slam, high school, injustice, judges, Northern Slam, parents, performance, poem, poetry, poetry slam, poets, speak, spoken word, teen, Valley Slam
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 17, 2018 at 6:00 am
By Nathaniel Youmans This one’s for all you with summer birthdays out there. Remember in grade school when the end of the year drew close and teachers, even more burnt out than their students, had to find some reason (summon the willpower) to celebrate students with summer birthdays? At my elementary school, this took the […]
Tags: authors, birthdays, books, fiction, poetry, poets, reading
Posted in News on July 12, 2018 at 6:00 am
You’re invited to enjoy poetry and gelato on the back lawn of the Moran Prairie Library. Listen to enlivening poetry of four Pacific Northwest poets: José Angel Araguz, Laura Read, Sam Roxas-Chua, and Nance Van Winckel. Bring your picnic blanket or folding chair and get settled in for the poetic cadence of these celebrated poets. […]
Tags: friends, friends of the library, gelato, José Angel Araguz, Laura Read, Moran Prairie, Nance Van Winckel, poems, poetry, poetry picnic, poets, reading, Sam Roxas-Chua
Posted in Explore and Discover on May 3, 2018 at 6:00 am
by Nathaniel Youmans Since its inauguration in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month has become perhaps the single most-celebrated global literary phenomenon of the year, making April arguably the most literate month. Sorry November, your romantic dreariness and proclivity for wool socks and chai lattes are no match for the e […]
Tags: Academy of American Poets, adults, authors, books, community, Dakota Access Pipeline, Earth Day, Handfor Nuclear Site, Hanford, Kathleen Flenniken, Layli Long Soldier, Manhattan Project, National Poetry Month, poems, poetry, poets, Standing Rock Reservation, T. S. Eliot, teens
Posted in Explore and Discover on May 1, 2018 at 6:00 am
by Nathaniel Youmans Spokane has been a vibrating hive of activity during National Poetry Month. Eastern Washington University’s Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing program has had another smash hit year of literary programming for the 20th annual Get Lit! Festival, featuring readings, workshops, and panel discussions all across the Spokane […]
Tags: book publishing, creative writing, EWU MFA, Get Lit!, independent literary press, independent publisher, poems, poetry, poets, Sharma Shields, small press, Tod Marshall
Posted in Explore and Discover, News on February 25, 2017 at 6:00 am
by Erin Dodge Poetry can sing us a song, open us to a moment, inspire us to reach higher and go further. Washington State Poet Laureate and Gonzaga University professor Tod Marshall leads a poetry discussion series at Spokane County Library District in March and April. Each event has a casual atmosphere where everyone is […]
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